Journal, V, 243. Benjamin was transferred to the state department because of such criticism. Moore of Kentucky had previously introduced a motion in the House requesting the resignation of Benjamin from the war portfolio since he did not have “the confidence of the Confederacy, nor of the Army to such an extent as to meet the exigencies of the present crisis.”—Journal, V, 57. See also A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, I, 119; editorial from the Examiner quoted by Butler, 254-255, Lost Cause, 213.
